Greg Duhaime Explained

Greg Duhaime
Birth Date:August 11, 1953
Death Date:October 28, 1992 (aged 39)

Greg Duhaime (August 11, 1953 – October 28, 1992) was a Canadian track and field athlete and one-time Canadian record holder in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He was born in Espanola, Ontario.[1]

Duhaime is a four-time Canadian champion in the men's 3000 m steeplechase (1980-1982 and 1984), and a one-time national champion in the men's 5000 metres (1980).

Duhaime was one of many athletes to not compete in the 1980 Summer Olympics because of the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott against Moscow, they participated in the Liberty Bell Classic (an alternative meet for the Olympic Boycott) in Philadelphia instead. He won a bronze medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in the steeplechase. Duhaime was gay, and one of only a handful of openly gay Olympians at the time. He died of AIDS in 1992.

International competitions

Representing
1980Liberty Bell ClassicPhiladelphia, United States3rd5000m
1982Commonwealth GamesBrisbane, Australia3rd3000m Steeple
1983Pan American GamesCaracas, Venezuela3rd3000m Steeple
1984Olympic GamesLos Angeles, United States16th3000m Steeple

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Notes and References

  1. http://gaygames.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/lgbtolympics.pdf Olympic Pride; The History of LGBT Participation in the Olympics